for many, the battle against fat is a double edged sword. We want to be lean and ripped, but we dont want to sacrafice the hard earned muscle we have to get there.

In times of prolonged calorie deficits, and cardio expenditures muscle catabolism should be exspected. It is never easy to watch your prized bench press strength slowly fade, or your squat PR become a distant memory. So post up your best catabolism counter measures ... I'll get it started.

Well to be honost from my experience as a fat ass ill share how i feel with it. I have been working out for a month and a half now. i was 248 i am now 232.
Im also only 5'8 I dont do much cardio all though once this cold passes which means monday im starting HIIT. Anyways ive lost weight slowly but im deffintly gaining muscle mass. To me i dont give a crap how fast i burn the fat because in the end i rather just be a big monster of muscle but thats just me. But anyways my point being is if you wanna get big on muscle and lose the fat just work out and let it burn itself off rather then doing to much cardio and killing your muscles.

Different people have different views on how they want to look andrew. and some people can cut up without ever doing cardio. however if you ever want to get down to 10% bf or lower, you will end up dealing with this issue.

The reason you are losing fat and gaining muscle is your just getting started. Once your body becomes used to it, the recomp will slow and eventually stop.